Strong track record in industryThe LDC has brought together an interdisciplinary team combining cutting-edge knowledge in key drug discovery disciplines with multi-year experience in biopharmaceutical drug discovery and development. Managing Directors– Dr Bert Klebl, Managing Director & CSO – Dr Peter Nussbaumer, Managing Director & Head Medicinal Chemistry Department Heads– Dr Matthias Baumann, Head Pharmacology – Dr Axel Choidas, Head Biology – Dr Jan Eickhoff, Head Assay Development & Screening – Dr Michael Hamacher, Head of Administration – Thomas Hegendörfer, Head of Operations & Business Development
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Bert Klebl has gathered more than 10 years' professional experience in drug discovery and early drug development from various positions in the life-science industry, most recently as Senior Director Discovery Biology and Head of Biology at GPC Biotech. Before that he was Axxima's Vice President Research responsible for discovery and development of the company's portfolio of kinase inhibitors for various therapeutic indications. In previous positions he worked as project team leader and senior scientist with Aventis and Hoechst Marion Roussel. A biochemist by training, he earned his PhD in Biochemistry at the University of Konstanz, Germany and did post-doctoral work at the Biotechnology Research Institute of the NRC Canada in Montréal, Canada. In the course of his research work he published more than 30 articles in peer-reviewed journals and is a co-inventor of more than 15 patents and patent applications.
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Dr Bert Klebl |
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Peter Nussbaumer brings more than 20 years' industry experience and in particular drug discovery expertise in the field of chemistry to the team. Before joining the LDC, he held various positions in the area of medicinal chemistry with Sandoz and Novartis, most recently as Executive Director and Senior Unit Head of Chemistry at the Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research. During this time, he lead-managed a broad range of drug discovery projects and gained extensive experience in coordinating interdisciplinary and international project teams. He has published numerous articles in peer-reviewed journals, is co-inventor of a number of patent applications and holds a PhD in organic chemistry from the University of Technology, Vienna, Austria. |
Dr Peter Nussbaumer |
